"It was a tough road ahead, and we clearly understood that," he said.
"When we got into that business in 1992, we clearly understood that we were not just getting into the cable-TV business we were building an infrastructure that would become the most important means of delivering video, data, telephony, you name it," says Pluciennik, 50, a relaxed, confident man with a ready smile.
"We clearly understand from a European perspective the need to build strong European companies in order to compete worldwide".
"We clearly understand that consumers are being more discriminating in their spending choices," the chief executive, Gary M. Rodkin, said Tuesday.
"None of the selection issues are as significant as people perhaps perceive them to be, but that's because we clearly understand every aspect of the policy.
Marc V. Shaw, executive director of the M.T.A., said, "We clearly understand that the Second Avenue subway is the speaker's top priority on the M.T.A. capital plan, and we plan on working with him to accomplish whatever we can".
"We clearly understand that aid alone will not develop this country [so] we're creating a lot of incentives for the private sector to come in and invest," he said.
"Given our predicted financial results and our current balance sheet in a tough economic environment, we clearly understand the status quo is not an option for Nortel," Mr. Zafirovski said in a conference call with analysts.
"We clearly understand the practical reality of bargaining in difficult fiscal times," said Lillian Roberts, the union's executive director, who appeared at a City Hall news conference with the mayor.
Ms. Shoemaker did not respond to email and phone messages seeking comment, but she apologized for the episode on her Facebook page: "We had only meant for it to be taken in a funny way, but we clearly understand that what we said should never be joked around about," she wrote.
We also will be having an investigative board outside the agency, as mentioned earlier by Mr. O'Keefe, that will come in and help resolve the situation to everybody's satisfaction so that we clearly understand what was the root cause of the problem.
